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The much-hyped “Chintan Baithak” (meeting for introspection) of the Indian right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (the main opposition party) to fix responsibility for its debacle in the last Lok Sabha elections ended with a book review! Jaswant Singh...
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The Gurgaon Police have hit upon a novel idea to deal with drunken driving, according to The Hindustan Times—a national daily published from the Indian capital, New Delhi.
Gurgaon is witnessing growing incidences of driving after heavy drinking...
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The people who dub “secularism” as “pseudo-secularism” find repose in Mohammad Ali Jinnah when they decide to establish their secular credentials.
It has happened not once but twice. The first time when the Bharatiya Janata Party top leader...
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New flyovers are being constructed. Roads are being widened and new roads are being laid. New stadia are being built and old ones are being renovated. Bus stops are getting a state-of-art look and latest low-floor buses are replacing rickety old DTC...
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‘A high-intensity earthquake measuring over 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean early this morning,” reported the national radio channel of India, the All India Radio.
A tsunami alert was issued for...
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One of the celebrated icons of Indian beauty, grace and strength, Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur royal house, breathed her last at the Santokkba Durlabhji Hospital in Jaipur Wednesday following prolonged illness. She was admitted to the hospital on...
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(In a lighter vein)
Last evening we had a heavy downpour. Some called it the best rain of the year. Others called it the worst rain of the season. The point is that it was by far the heaviest rain this year.
Rain came down in torrents bringing...
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History should never be taken at face value. Because, there is nothing called absolute truth in history.
Contrary to popular belief, history is not an account of our glorious past. Nor is it a glorious account of our past. History is, in fact, a...
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With the attack on Mir Kazim Ali Khan in Melbourne on Monday (reported in the Delhi edition of The Hindustan Times on June 24, 2009), the number of attacks in the ongoing series of attacks on Indians in Australia has gone up to 16.
The Australian...
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In the mother of all encounters in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a 500-strong police force managed to shoot down dacoit Ganshyam Nishad in Chitrakoot district a couple of hours back after 52 hours of gun battle. It was a joint operation by...
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